Rotation Practise Sheet (with Answers)
• Use tracing paper or shape tiles to help visualise rotations.
• Highlight or label grid paths to guide step-by-step turns.
• Scaffold with intermediate rotations (e.g., 90° → 180° → 270°) for extra support.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise and create tessellations of shapes, e.g. tiling patterns, describing the transformations used.
- We are learning to identify and use combinations of translations, reflections and rotations.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-1WM
old
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-2WM
old
Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
MA3-15MG
old
Manipulates, classifies and draws two-dimensional shapes, including equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles, and describes their properties
MA3-2DS-01
new
Investigates and classifies two-dimensional shapes, including triangles and quadrilaterals based on their properties
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
• Students create a transformation challenge using all three types: rotation, reflection, and translation.
• Ask students to write their own rotation rules and swap with a peer.
• Apply digital geometry tools (e.g. GeoGebra) to animate the rotations.